South Dakota ELA 6.W.5.b
The Standard
- 6.W.5
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed.
Use guidance and support from peers, adults, and digital tools. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 6.).
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask a partner, teacher, or digital tool for feedback on a draft. They choose useful suggestions and edit grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence flow.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can fix an unclear pronoun, a missing comma, and a misspelled word in their own writing. They can explain why they accepted or rejected a suggested change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think spellcheck catches every error, though it can miss a word like “there” used in place of “their.” Some accept every suggested change, even when it changes their meaning.
How to Assess It
- Write on the board: “Mia told Sara that she forgot her notebok. After lunch they checked there bags.” Have students get one partner suggestion, use spellcheck, revise both sentences, and explain one change.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Swap printed drafts and use colored pencils to mark unclear pronouns and punctuation errors, then revise one marked sentence together.
Show two suggested edits to one sentence and ask, “Which keeps the writer’s meaning, and why?”
Give pairs sentence cards with vague pronouns, missing commas, or spelling errors; have them edit each card and explain the fix.
Draft a school club announcement, check it with a partner and spellchecker, then correct errors before posting it.
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